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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Book 5 : Chapter 1, Sophy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What change does a man experience at his second birth?
(a) Facial hair and a deeper voice.
(b) Sexual desire.
(c) The ability to reason.
(d) The ability to hold complex ideas.

2. How does Rousseau believe physical activity affects perception?
(a) He believes it suppresses disruptive emotions.
(b) He believes it teaches students to feel their emotions.
(c) He believes it attunes students to spiritual perception.
(d) He believes it sharpens perception.

3. What does Rousseau say about the first 25 years of a man's life?
(a) That few people survive them.
(b) They go quickly.
(c) They have nothing to do with the next 25 years.
(d) They are the heart of a man's character.

4. How can woman exercise cruelty in her turn, in Rousseau's opinion?
(a) By humiliating the man with her low behavior.
(b) By bringing another man's baby into the marriage.
(c) By making a man wonder who is visiting during the day.
(d) By giving her babies away for adoption.

5. What trait is needed in tutors who are trying to win a student's submission?
(a) Earnestness.
(b) Cleverness.
(c) Love of virtue.
(d) Deceitfulness.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what tone does Rousseau open Book 4 Chapter 1?

2. How does Rousseau say a woman's gentleness will affect men's power?

3. Where does Rousseau say self-love is rooted?

4. What kind of background does Rousseau say he came from?

5. What example does Rousseau use for teaching Emile to read?

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